My highly intelligent cat woke up from his nap, walked past his (full) food bowl and came to tell me urgently that he was HUNGRY and he needed to be FED or he would WASTE AWAY AND STARVE.
Oh, but look at that gorgeous mane and regal expression. Sir Tom clearly needs FRESH food that he can SEE YOU SERVE because anything else could be a poisoning attempt on the king
Oh Tommy. Does no one love you? You look absolutely mistreated and neglected. If you didn't see the food go in your bowl then it obviously didn't happen, poor boy.
Knock off oodie update. Washed it. Gave it two spins and popped it on the rack in front of the heater yesterday. No need to spin dry - it's basically dry this morning. The cuffs are a bit damp but I'm just gonna roll them.
Today was good. Lots of great food and family time. Talked to my cousin's daughter, a 4yo middle child, about Pokemon and I think she really likes me now :D
Got my birthday presents, one of which is a book called 'Mickey' and it's about a cat, so I'm stoked.
So I spent 15 hours in bed only to struggle to get maybe 8 hours sleep? Jeez. I just couldn’t get my brain to calm down. I wasn’t raging or anything, but just constantly distracted and unable to chill.
My mental health feels ok… so I wonder if the COVID’s messing with my brain?
Yeah I tried that for a few hours but ended up feeling worse cause I think I THOUGHT I should be asleep. Might just chuck on some spa music tonight and not even try to go to sleep but just plan on listening to music in the dark.
Fuck the motherfucker, fuck the motherfucker
Fuck the motherfucker, he's a fucking motherfucker
Fuck the motherfucker, fuck the motherfucker
Fuck the motherfucker, he's a total motherfucker
Fuck the motherfucker, fuck the motherfucker
Fuck the motherfucker, fucking fuck the motherfucker
Fuck the motherfucker, fuck the motherfucking pope
the old school queers have been having tremendous fun with that on tumblr. The eggs, not so much "omg guys it's so bad that he's calling us this, it's not a joke"
I kindly reminded them that I pre-date the AIDS crisis, the pope calling me a removed doesn't even register past background radiation.
Oof, I do find most Indian is expensive to eat out for one person as the curries are really expensive if you want to try a couple but then one serve is enough for two people. You don't get as many set meals or single-dish meals for dinner unlike Chinese or Southeast Asian places. Bring on more South Indian restaurants with thaalis! That's how Indian curries should be enjoyed imo 😋
Flying to Melbourne this morning, boy are my arms going to be tired.
Going to see my favourite comedian who was originally not coming to Brisbane... But then all of about 48 hours after we committed to tickets and accommodation in Melbourne announced Brisbane dates too. Funny joke, this is why he's my favourite comedian.
Jokes on him though - I'm still going to go to Melbourne and get me a parmi, and then I'm going to see him in Brisbane too. Now who's laughing? 😎
I'm sorry, I don't speak the local dialect. It's a, how you say, chicken breast with crumbs? Or as the French say - le parmi. And chips on top. Always on top, or the side. Never under.
You will learn or go hungry. A schnitzel with tomato sauce, ham and grilled cheese on top, chips on the side and an excuse of a salad - this is the glory of a parma.
The song is coming along. It's been a while since I've written something whose foundation is guitar.
What I usually do is stop working on it after an hour or so, make a copy to listen to and come back the next day. Less likely to get too caught in the details.
Went to the Coburg Farmers Market today (we haven't been there in ages) specifically to get Temple Road Wellness Blend Chai. Miniest absolutely loves it and it's great when you're feeling a bit off colour. Can't resist buying soaps, it's one of my weaknesses, so I bought a rose geranium & grapefruit one and a lavender & peppermint one. Aside from that there wasn't much of interest to me specifically. Elder loves the Gorgeous George probiotics stuff, and there used to always be a stall there, but we discovered that he sold the business to someone (Mumma Made) who will be at the Essendon Farmers Market tomorrow. Funny coincidence was Mr P already said that he wouldn't mind checking that one out tomorrow, so Elder is really excited for that. He loves the chilli hommus and I love the beetroot kraut and the basil pesto 🤤😋 I can see this is going to be dangerous! I like farmers markets a little too much lol.. Sometimes I think that if I had some good bread, cheeses, nice simple hommus and pesto type dips, some pickled vegetables or kimchi or sauerkraut and odd seasonal fruits and vegetables, that I could just live off endless variations of that stuff for the rest of my life.
Sometimes I think that if I had some good bread, cheeses, nice simple hommus and pesto type dips, some pickled vegetables or kimchi or sauerkraut and odd seasonal fruits and vegetables, that I could just live off endless variations of that stuff for the rest of my life.
Craving veggies... no fancy seasoning, just loads and loads of roast broccoli, maybe carrot, and steamed corn. Want to make something with my scotch bonnet sauce so I'm thinking some kind of jerk fish. Plus herbed rice. That'll be tomorrow.
I'd scarf down so much broccolini but that shit is so expensive :c
People are talking like it's so cold I'm thinking like I should dress as I did when I lived in Detroit where the weather would be -10C for days and days on end. Warm hat under hood, feather knee long puffer, scarf, double layer gloves, knee high socks and snow boots. Jumper, pants and thermals.
For some reason, I feel that -10°C in Europe was a noticeably more pleasant than anything <10°C anywhere in Australia.
That was based on using very similar set of clothes, and measurement taken outdoors.
On another note, during the daily 6am drives in the recent 2 weeks, I would feel like I'm burning up while my wife is still shivering in the passenger seat while I got the heater on.
If you end up talking yourself back into getting a watch, I would highly recommend a semi smart watch like a basic Garmin. Notifications and quick replies without getting your phone out of your pocket are a game changer. Plus all the stats, which are cool ...
Yay, the fog has lifted to a beautiful sunny day - so much easier to deal with even if the air temps are cold. Am vindicated in putting my sheets out to dry before heading to meet a friend.
Energy levels are temporarily elevated from socialising, coffee, and sun. I NEED to get some physical movement in to keep it going... making all sorts of excuses not to do other things but I find sone enthusiasm in getting the carport cleaned. So it shall be done!
Gosh, it's been lovely so far. The forecast looks disgustingly grey so I'm spending as much time outside as I can. I'm thinking my next load might have to go to the laundromat to be dried, I just dont have enough to wash this weekend.
Crazy how the US can just admit to things like this and nothing ever happens.
I think there was already some anti government psychosis the pentagon could have easily exacerbated. The anti Vax movement here was also supported by most of the Murdoch newspapers and TV channels as well.
I heard a good take about this on Chapo that most people are not used to government intervention being a good thing in their lives. Neoliberal governments have spent so long stepping back and trying not to be involved in things that they were ill equipped to step in when they had to and people weren't used to having the government in their lives in that way
I've been thinking about how Coles has introduced an egg buying limit due to bird flu and what it's doing to cattle in the states.
We'll probably end up with vegan diets, not because it's the right thing to do, but because we completely destroy animal products through factory farming
Yeah. I'm not vegan (because my body can't tolerate a lot of the staple foods you need to stay healthy on a vego diet). But factory farming is cruel, excessive and leads to high density environments that mean serious problems with containing outbreaks and zoonosis. I'd rather things dial down a little and people eat less meat than whatever the hell this is.
home now, it's getting cold, sat down with some hot coffee and those nice strawberry wafers . oh noes, I accidentally picked up the peanut flavoured ones 😵
Aaaand I changed my mind again and I'm now at a resort in NSW which looks suspiciously like a motel. Nice though. Has Foxtel so I've got the NRL on and a nice cold beverage.
I was very against them and bought steel straws to carry around but now I can tolerate them with my iced coffee on the road.
I do still have a stash of plastic ones I brought home from America last year in my pantry. I haven't thought to use any yet (don't use straws at home).
Hungry Jack's soft drinks now have a cool flippy spout thing on their plastic lids so you don't need a straw and I wish everyone had them.
Edit: after writing this I tried to drink from my can while laying down and spilt it all over my beard. Luckily I have a steel straw with a bend in my travel cutlery kit!
Pretty therapeutic cleaning out my carport after 3.5 years 😬 binned a whole lot of old crap from my old work car, swept up a huge pile of leaves, dust and debris, removed the years of neglect. Now it's unrecognisably clean and tidy! So much less depressing to look at! I'm sure my neighbours will be happy too.
Aint much for a Saturday but I definitely feel like I've earned the right to chill for the rest of the day. Not gonna push myself too hard this weekend...
Almost finished restoring the kukri (gurkha knife) last night. Interestingly when placed in vinegar several times overnight, it's the edge (hardest bit) that's most affected chemically.
A word of advice is don't tackle the edge after a few drinks. Looked like a murder scene.
Coming away was the right choice. Just pulled $1000 profit out of the club.
Motel was $160 and this trip uses about half a tank of fuel so let's call it a $790 winner. I've got enough points on my RSL member card to get a big free breakfast tomorrow.
Just for the benefit of anyone who doesn't know: aussie.zone is "free" because we (the users) pay for it. We don't need to serve you ads.
We won't sell what you say or upload, either - but keep in mind that everything you say here is federated and essentially public. Someone will probably come along at some point and scrape all our data. We won't know it has happened and the open nature of the fediverse makes it impossible to prevent. So keep all that in mind.
How much is hosting? I'd be happy to chip in and pay for a month or a percentage of the year or whatever. Sometimes I wonder about hosting charges when I upload images.
Indeed, and I did hear that many years ago. I interpreted that to mean that ads would be served. And potentially they would also spy on you to serve targeted ads. Furry nuff.
However they're taking data and personal photos from as far back as 2007 and nobody knew about AI back then. Changing the terms (often retroactively) and not allowing opt out is not cool and you won't convince me that anybody signed up for this. The overreach is insane.
Is it though? To be blunt: these fuckers are evil. If anyone was still harbouring under the illusion otherwise needs to wake up. It’s a bit like people complaining about Optus: how many times have they gotta screw their customers before the customers go “oh, I’m getting the raw end here!”
I know all of this. I've been knowing this. Unfortunately these practices are reaching into every platform, just ramping up and being forced into every conceivable thing possible (not just social media) and it's becoming inescapable. Refusal to engage is becoming less of an option.
I remember participating in citizen science programs helping to train AI to recognise cancer cells, and being excited at seeing how it was being used to generate simple legal forms for people who couldn't afford a lawyer. Now it's just being used to strip mine for profit, undermine workers rights/cut jobs and churn out deepfake revenge porn before regulations come in.
Today's question: i know you can get sub-meter circuits for mains. But can you get ones with safety switches built in? 🤔
In other news, mordialloc vintage market was a terrible place to take me to and his lordship has no right to complain about what happened when he did. Not when I literally just bought a pikestaff
technically a pike pole I suppose, but this looks like a home built jobbo of the kind designed to do horrible things or possibly someone who got way into their kid playing Roman Centurion #3 at easter and had genX levels of child safety in mind.
......but let's be honest, who's gonna argue semantics with the woman wielding a chunk of spiked and curved metal on a 50mm diameter shaft?
EDIT: For the curious: the two spoilers after the three colons have different uses in the markup. First denotes a spoiler, or hidden text. Second defines the subject. So in my case I typed spoiler pic
Best of luck finding new rollers cos that won't be easy. Might have to get them relined or something. Impressive little mafchine though. There's a thought in my head that you could do some cool stuff with lino printing with it too if you're into that sort of thing. Sort of negative impression quasi silk screen printing on t shirts etc.
I've got all my ingredients for my full english breakfast it's just a matter of when (which won't be for breakfast because I can't be bothered in the mornings).
Sounds like your body needed the rest to recharge from the week's stress? It's good that you were able to relax though. This weather definitely makes it easy to not do very much at all. It's not even 5pm and I'm seriously feeling like falling asleep as well. Low power mode...
I was wondering if there was a function for threads to be bumped back up to the top when posted in? Just so it's easy to see active threads, there isn't a lot of duplicates, and similar stuff is more easily consolidated into one thread. (ie. Cheap eats)
No worries if not - I don't know how much work implementing that would be or if there's even the option on Lemmy.
I'm not sure if it is. Activity will bump threads when the person looking is sorting by active, but I don't think there's a way to bump them otherwise.
Went out and managed to pick up some chicken drumsticks early in the morning with a gift card.
Also scored a free hash brown, yay.
Couldn’t sleep so went out early while it wasnt crowded so chicken’s on the menu tomorrow I think.
Had mostly vivid weird dream as well.
Something involving me telling someone off for blocking and emergency vehicle and not letting them pass then my boss pulled me aside to tell me I shouldn’t have been so angry with them and to calm down.
My people (turtles) demand I show reverence to our ancestors, so I carry a backpack everywhere at all times:
Wallet, giant water bottle, journal, keys, iPad or kindle, pens, portable USB battery, headphones, vape juice, vape, tissues, sunnies, small tin of ADHD meds and sometimes a spare jacket or coat, random receipts, shopping bag, chewing gum, protein bar.
Any specific power bank brand you like? I've got a big chunky anker that can power my laptop but I want to grab something smaller as a phone backup day to day.
Does anyone have suggestions for vacuum space bags that stay compressed please? The budget ones I bought somehow keep reinflating themselves no matter how carefully I seal them and suck out all the air.
Ps. Is there any difference between the Sard brand laundry soap bar and the pack of generic laundry soaps next to it? Is it just the inclusion of eucalyptus?
Slightly different fats used in its construction. Velvet is just as good and much cheaper imo. Velvet is lard based, Sard uses the lighter fraction hydrocarbons left over after petrol production. As does Pears soap. Generic brands usually use either lard or palm oil - you pays your money and takes your pick.
Does Howard's storage world still exist? I have old vac seal bags from there that are still sealed 10 years later. Cheaper newer ones barely last a week.
If you want something specific for stains, I find the Exit Soap sticks work better than sard. Can’t comment on regular wash usage though, for that I rotate between whatever powder or liquid is on special.
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My highly intelligent cat woke up from his nap, walked past his (full) food bowl and came to tell me urgently that he was HUNGRY and he needed to be FED or he would WASTE AWAY AND STARVE.
He would last maybe 10 minutes in the wild.
Tommy:
Oh, but look at that gorgeous mane and regal expression. Sir Tom clearly needs FRESH food that he can SEE YOU SERVE because anything else could be a poisoning attempt on the king
He needs an attendant to watch him eat. Perhaps he might choke? Who am I to question it, His Fluffiness is clearly in charge.
I have a Tommy too. He’s, um, 32 and full of polystuffing but 😺🧸
Oh Tommy. Does no one love you? You look absolutely mistreated and neglected. If you didn't see the food go in your bowl then it obviously didn't happen, poor boy.
But that's not considered food! He wants the good stuff!
He looks so bemused lol
Knock off oodie update. Washed it. Gave it two spins and popped it on the rack in front of the heater yesterday. No need to spin dry - it's basically dry this morning. The cuffs are a bit damp but I'm just gonna roll them.
This has been your PSA from snuggled land ...
Today was good. Lots of great food and family time. Talked to my cousin's daughter, a 4yo middle child, about Pokemon and I think she really likes me now :D
Got my birthday presents, one of which is a book called 'Mickey' and it's about a cat, so I'm stoked.
10/10 day, would do again lol
So I spent 15 hours in bed only to struggle to get maybe 8 hours sleep? Jeez. I just couldn’t get my brain to calm down. I wasn’t raging or anything, but just constantly distracted and unable to chill.
My mental health feels ok… so I wonder if the COVID’s messing with my brain?
Yeah I had nightmares, anxiety it was terrible from COVID.
Glad it’s not just me. Did you find anything to help? Or just had to face it?
Just faced it. I put on soothing podcasts/audiobooks and just dozed. Kept reminding myself it was just the inflammation and it would get better.
Yeah good call. I think I was trying to fight it all night which obviously got me nowhere.
It fucked with mine in a big way. Felt like I couldn't think properly.
Yeah, I feel that. Assuming none of your usual coping mechanisms worked either?
Nah they didn't. I had to distract myself with some dumb tv show or YouTube
Yeah I tried that for a few hours but ended up feeling worse cause I think I THOUGHT I should be asleep. Might just chuck on some spa music tonight and not even try to go to sleep but just plan on listening to music in the dark.
I recorded my little guitar jam on my phone yesterday just so I could listen back to it. It's actually good and I'm turning it into a track.
It's kind of about being fucked over by that guy who called me "family" and then turned on me for no reason.
It's cathartic.
I read the last sentence wrong and thought you were talking about the pope
Fuck the motherfucker, fuck the motherfucker
Fuck the motherfucker, he's a fucking motherfucker
Fuck the motherfucker, fuck the motherfucker
Fuck the motherfucker, he's a total motherfucker
Fuck the motherfucker, fuck the motherfucker
Fuck the motherfucker, fucking fuck the motherfucker
Fuck the motherfucker, fuck the motherfucking pope
the old school queers have been having tremendous fun with that on tumblr. The eggs, not so much "omg guys it's so bad that he's calling us this, it's not a joke"
I kindly reminded them that I pre-date the AIDS crisis, the pope calling me a removed doesn't even register past background radiation.
Maybe the potato thing was a rosti - the scandi take on hash browns or latkes. Rosti are super yummy.
Fingers crossed it can be mitigated somehow, and things can settle or he can go somewhere higher support
Not a dun dun dun potato gratin with the benny?
they got a bunch of people through lockdown. You can get them at Aldi in the frozen section.
I hope to not wake up until midday. Goodnight everyone 🐱
Best of luck in your efforts against wakefulness!
Made it to 11:30. Close enough! Cat woke me up by jumping on my chest lol
Oof, I do find most Indian is expensive to eat out for one person as the curries are really expensive if you want to try a couple but then one serve is enough for two people. You don't get as many set meals or single-dish meals for dinner unlike Chinese or Southeast Asian places. Bring on more South Indian restaurants with thaalis! That's how Indian curries should be enjoyed imo 😋
best warm pjs and oodie are on
Don’t forget the Uggs!
I have slipper socks with cat's paw tread and ears.
Flying to Melbourne this morning, boy are my arms going to be tired.
Going to see my favourite comedian who was originally not coming to Brisbane... But then all of about 48 hours after we committed to tickets and accommodation in Melbourne announced Brisbane dates too. Funny joke, this is why he's my favourite comedian.
Jokes on him though - I'm still going to go to Melbourne and get me a parmi, and then I'm going to see him in Brisbane too. Now who's laughing? 😎
a parmi
Get thee to the outer darkness, you heathen. In this town it's a 'parma' and collectively we will all die on this hill.
The real State Of Origin is Parmi versus Parma.
I mean obviously you guys are wrong, but it's neat to argue about.
Bruh we’re gonna have you arrested on landing by border security
I volunteer to belt his feet with cabanossi. Er Fritz, kabanna, Devon … crud.
Triggered
I'm sorry, I don't speak the local dialect. It's a, how you say, chicken breast with crumbs? Or as the French say - le parmi. And chips on top. Always on top, or the side. Never under.
You will learn or go hungry. A schnitzel with tomato sauce, ham and grilled cheese on top, chips on the side and an excuse of a salad - this is the glory of a parma.
I hate it when they put it on top of the chips, like wth
Parmi yes. Chips go under though.
The Royal Melbourne disagrees 😎
Last Parma I had was at The Standard in Fitzroy and it sucked. Try the Union Club or The Napier, also in Fitzroy.
Glad you're feeling better and had a night out 🙂
The sky is so beautiful, sunrise and most the stars are still showing.
It's gonna be a stunning day out there. Can't wait for that sun
The song is coming along. It's been a while since I've written something whose foundation is guitar.
What I usually do is stop working on it after an hour or so, make a copy to listen to and come back the next day. Less likely to get too caught in the details.
Went to the Coburg Farmers Market today (we haven't been there in ages) specifically to get Temple Road Wellness Blend Chai. Miniest absolutely loves it and it's great when you're feeling a bit off colour. Can't resist buying soaps, it's one of my weaknesses, so I bought a rose geranium & grapefruit one and a lavender & peppermint one. Aside from that there wasn't much of interest to me specifically. Elder loves the Gorgeous George probiotics stuff, and there used to always be a stall there, but we discovered that he sold the business to someone (Mumma Made) who will be at the Essendon Farmers Market tomorrow. Funny coincidence was Mr P already said that he wouldn't mind checking that one out tomorrow, so Elder is really excited for that. He loves the chilli hommus and I love the beetroot kraut and the basil pesto 🤤😋 I can see this is going to be dangerous! I like farmers markets a little too much lol.. Sometimes I think that if I had some good bread, cheeses, nice simple hommus and pesto type dips, some pickled vegetables or kimchi or sauerkraut and odd seasonal fruits and vegetables, that I could just live off endless variations of that stuff for the rest of my life.
add tea, coffee and moscado and I'm in
HEAVY FOG careful erryone :)
Could barely see 200m ahead during this morning's 6am.
Trip was otherwise uneventful. At least 2 people on their phones whilst in motion, and one without headlights.
My tongue feels furry.
When mine starts feeling that way I just give it a trim with the kitchen scissors so its back to just stubble
I personally prefer Brazilian tongue
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Thats the sign of a great night!
Craving veggies... no fancy seasoning, just loads and loads of roast broccoli, maybe carrot, and steamed corn. Want to make something with my scotch bonnet sauce so I'm thinking some kind of jerk fish. Plus herbed rice. That'll be tomorrow.
I'd scarf down so much broccolini but that shit is so expensive :c
The ads for the Silent Hill 2 Remake are getting out of hand!
Every uber ride I've had in the last 12 months does that braking thing and it makes me car sick.
My asthma has been hell lately so you definitely aren't alone
but first, a cuppa.
People are talking like it's so cold I'm thinking like I should dress as I did when I lived in Detroit where the weather would be -10C for days and days on end. Warm hat under hood, feather knee long puffer, scarf, double layer gloves, knee high socks and snow boots. Jumper, pants and thermals.
For some reason, I feel that -10°C in Europe was a noticeably more pleasant than anything <10°C anywhere in Australia.
That was based on using very similar set of clothes, and measurement taken outdoors.
On another note, during the daily 6am drives in the recent 2 weeks, I would feel like I'm burning up while my wife is still shivering in the passenger seat while I got the heater on.
Fun little daily game I found in one of the other communities.
4 words of different lengths to be made out of the letters available and all according to a theme.
https://jumblie.com/
I’m ashamed todays one took me so long all things considered.
Thanks, that was fun!
Tried 'story' and 'myth'. Both were incorrect. I give up
Try types of publications that fall under nonfiction
Oh no! Only one game per day and I am addicted now! What have you done‽ Jk/ I like this kind of thing a lot.
Mwuhahaha
I've gone back to wearing a watch when out, it's just more convenient to look at my watch than dragging my phone out of my bag.
If you end up talking yourself back into getting a watch, I would highly recommend a semi smart watch like a basic Garmin. Notifications and quick replies without getting your phone out of your pocket are a game changer. Plus all the stats, which are cool ...
Time is meaningless; watches doubly so.
I do use the shit out of my Apple Watch. I’ve got 2 analogue watches that I love but honestly hardly wear.
Is it an Apple Watch? Cause if so yes. It’s invaluable to me these days.
I've got an apple watch, since i don't use apps i never wore it. It's prolly out of date now.
I pretty much only use mine for fitness. It’s amazing at that. Notifications are nice to have, but I don’t use any apps beyond that.
Yay, the fog has lifted to a beautiful sunny day - so much easier to deal with even if the air temps are cold. Am vindicated in putting my sheets out to dry before heading to meet a friend.
Energy levels are temporarily elevated from socialising, coffee, and sun. I NEED to get some physical movement in to keep it going... making all sorts of excuses not to do other things but I find sone enthusiasm in getting the carport cleaned. So it shall be done!
Gosh, it's been lovely so far. The forecast looks disgustingly grey so I'm spending as much time outside as I can. I'm thinking my next load might have to go to the laundromat to be dried, I just dont have enough to wash this weekend.
Call me a conspiracy theorist but
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-covid-propaganda/
They totally did this to us too, right? The anti vaxxers were waving those american flags/trump flags for a reason? Urgh.
Crazy how the US can just admit to things like this and nothing ever happens.
I think there was already some anti government psychosis the pentagon could have easily exacerbated. The anti Vax movement here was also supported by most of the Murdoch newspapers and TV channels as well.
I heard a good take about this on Chapo that most people are not used to government intervention being a good thing in their lives. Neoliberal governments have spent so long stepping back and trying not to be involved in things that they were ill equipped to step in when they had to and people weren't used to having the government in their lives in that way
I've been thinking about how Coles has introduced an egg buying limit due to bird flu and what it's doing to cattle in the states.
We'll probably end up with vegan diets, not because it's the right thing to do, but because we completely destroy animal products through factory farming
Yeah. I'm not vegan (because my body can't tolerate a lot of the staple foods you need to stay healthy on a vego diet). But factory farming is cruel, excessive and leads to high density environments that mean serious problems with containing outbreaks and zoonosis. I'd rather things dial down a little and people eat less meat than whatever the hell this is.
home now, it's getting cold, sat down with some hot coffee and those nice strawberry wafers . oh noes, I accidentally picked up the peanut flavoured ones 😵
Coffee so late? Isn’t that going to make it hard to sleep?
Bummer about the wafers :(
half a cup and weak
reminds me, I better take some nurofen while i have that little bit of caffeine in me
Of the 8 hours I’ve been trying to sleep, I reckon I’ve slept for 2 maybe 3 hours. I’m going slowly insane.
I've had three or four of those nights in the last fortnight. Very not fun 😔 I don't really have any advice, just sympathy. It's brutal
I haven’t been sleeping well the last 2-3 nights, Was really wired yesterday at work.
Going to get some food and coffee and see if that makes me feel better this morning.
Disease or baby?
Nah kid is fine, but don’t think it’s the Covid either.
Aaaand I changed my mind again and I'm now at a resort in NSW which looks suspiciously like a motel. Nice though. Has Foxtel so I've got the NRL on and a nice cold beverage.
They even have stubby holders! Cheers!
Try The Sebel next time. Slightly better views
I can't do paper straws.
I was very against them and bought steel straws to carry around but now I can tolerate them with my iced coffee on the road.
I do still have a stash of plastic ones I brought home from America last year in my pantry. I haven't thought to use any yet (don't use straws at home).
Hungry Jack's soft drinks now have a cool flippy spout thing on their plastic lids so you don't need a straw and I wish everyone had them.
Edit: after writing this I tried to drink from my can while laying down and spilt it all over my beard. Luckily I have a steel straw with a bend in my travel cutlery kit!
I can't either. It's the texture. Bamboo is okay though if you can find them.
Pretty therapeutic cleaning out my carport after 3.5 years 😬 binned a whole lot of old crap from my old work car, swept up a huge pile of leaves, dust and debris, removed the years of neglect. Now it's unrecognisably clean and tidy! So much less depressing to look at! I'm sure my neighbours will be happy too.
Aint much for a Saturday but I definitely feel like I've earned the right to chill for the rest of the day. Not gonna push myself too hard this weekend...
You've achieved something you wanted to get done, don't belittle that! Enjoy your chill afternoon 😊
I fell asleep to this and it was perfect:
I fell asleep to this the other day by accident:
Naawwwwww
Almost finished restoring the kukri (gurkha knife) last night. Interestingly when placed in vinegar several times overnight, it's the edge (hardest bit) that's most affected chemically.
A word of advice is don't tackle the edge after a few drinks. Looked like a murder scene.
Told ya.
Coming away was the right choice. Just pulled $1000 profit out of the club.
Motel was $160 and this trip uses about half a tank of fuel so let's call it a $790 winner. I've got enough points on my RSL member card to get a big free breakfast tomorrow.
Breakfast 🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍈🫐🍓🍇🍉🍌🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥦🥑🫛🍆🍅🥝🥬🥒🌽🥕🥐🍠🫚🥔🧅🥯🍞🥖🥨🧀🧇🥞🧈🍳🥚🥓🥩🍗🍖🫓🍕🍟🍔🌭🥙🧆🌮🌯🥗🍲🍜🍝🥘🍛🍣🍱🥟🦪🍥🍘🍚🍙🐠🍤🪼🦀🐙 🍗🥮🍢🍡🍧🍰🧁🥧🍦🍨🎂🍮🍭🍬🍫🥜🌰🍪🍿🍯🥛☕️🍵🍺🍶🥤🧋🧃🥂🍷🥃🍸🍹🧉🔋
I'll get the genius idea porridge please
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in a blue, not white, bowl 😀
Great. Meta (Instagram and Facebook) are using user's data and photos to train their AI and Australians can't opt out https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-10/instagram-facebook-train-meta-ai-tools-no-opt-out-australia/103958308
Yeah that tracks. A reminder: if a product is free and you cant figure out how they make money then YOU are how the product makes money.
Just for the benefit of anyone who doesn't know: aussie.zone is "free" because we (the users) pay for it. We don't need to serve you ads.
We won't sell what you say or upload, either - but keep in mind that everything you say here is federated and essentially public. Someone will probably come along at some point and scrape all our data. We won't know it has happened and the open nature of the fediverse makes it impossible to prevent. So keep all that in mind.
How much is hosting? I'd be happy to chip in and pay for a month or a percentage of the year or whatever. Sometimes I wonder about hosting charges when I upload images.
Our present costs are about $85/mo. We're pretty much funded at this point with existing donations through to the end of the year.
Lodion does periodical updates in the Meta Community on how hosting and finances are going.
Indeed, and I did hear that many years ago. I interpreted that to mean that ads would be served. And potentially they would also spy on you to serve targeted ads. Furry nuff.
However they're taking data and personal photos from as far back as 2007 and nobody knew about AI back then. Changing the terms (often retroactively) and not allowing opt out is not cool and you won't convince me that anybody signed up for this. The overreach is insane.
Is it though? To be blunt: these fuckers are evil. If anyone was still harbouring under the illusion otherwise needs to wake up. It’s a bit like people complaining about Optus: how many times have they gotta screw their customers before the customers go “oh, I’m getting the raw end here!”
I know all of this. I've been knowing this. Unfortunately these practices are reaching into every platform, just ramping up and being forced into every conceivable thing possible (not just social media) and it's becoming inescapable. Refusal to engage is becoming less of an option.
I remember participating in citizen science programs helping to train AI to recognise cancer cells, and being excited at seeing how it was being used to generate simple legal forms for people who couldn't afford a lawyer. Now it's just being used to strip mine for profit, undermine workers rights/cut jobs and churn out deepfake revenge porn before regulations come in.
just another reason I am glad I have neither
I used to use FB to keep in touch with friends but don't use it now because it's turned to garbage. Getting really sick of mainstream social media
beautiful day out there, those rays are going to do a world of good 🌞
I’m surprised by the sun. It’s nice when it comes out.
Makes me feels slightly brighter and happier.
Today's question: i know you can get sub-meter circuits for mains. But can you get ones with safety switches built in? 🤔
In other news, mordialloc vintage market was a terrible place to take me to and his lordship has no right to complain about what happened when he did. Not when I literally just bought a pikestaff
A medieval pikestaff type pikestaff? Cool. 👍
technically a pike pole I suppose, but this looks like a home built jobbo of the kind designed to do horrible things or possibly someone who got way into their kid playing Roman Centurion #3 at easter and had genX levels of child safety in mind.
......but let's be honest, who's gonna argue semantics with the woman wielding a chunk of spiked and curved metal on a 50mm diameter shaft?
I has an encyclopedia of these types of things. I'll look it up. A pike is a long stick with a simple pointy end.
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EDIT: For the curious: the two spoilers after the three colons have different uses in the markup. First denotes a spoiler, or hidden text. Second defines the subject. So in my case I typed spoiler pic
That is literally the coolest object I've ever laid eyes on. Dayum 😍
Pike or halberd? Cool whichever.
pike, no axey bits
Oooooh, nice. Pity you're not renting anymore - would be nice to prop up in a corner of the living room for the next landlord inspection ...
woulda also been spectacular to mount on my bike for the key handover. It's almost completely overshadowed the fact I also scored a mangle
Jelly! Mangles are great for sheets/towels. Better than spinning imo especially big heavy stuff that unbalances the machine.
it's a bench clamp one too, one of these but...needs some TLC. Mostly new rollers and some rust treatment though!
Best of luck finding new rollers cos that won't be easy. Might have to get them relined or something. Impressive little mafchine though. There's a thought in my head that you could do some cool stuff with lino printing with it too if you're into that sort of thing. Sort of negative impression quasi silk screen printing on t shirts etc.
I've got all my ingredients for my full english breakfast it's just a matter of when (which won't be for breakfast because I can't be bothered in the mornings).
I fully fell asleep on the couch in my oodie while I had the radio on listening to the footy.
Just started to feel waves of drowsiness taking over me then I was out like a light for maybe an hour.
Also the garlic toast I made and had might have had too much garlic.
I have the breath of death now.
Sounds like your body needed the rest to recharge from the week's stress? It's good that you were able to relax though. This weather definitely makes it easy to not do very much at all. It's not even 5pm and I'm seriously feeling like falling asleep as well. Low power mode...
I was wondering if there was a function for threads to be bumped back up to the top when posted in? Just so it's easy to see active threads, there isn't a lot of duplicates, and similar stuff is more easily consolidated into one thread. (ie. Cheap eats)
No worries if not - I don't know how much work implementing that would be or if there's even the option on Lemmy.
I'm not sure if it is. Activity will bump threads when the person looking is sorting by active, but I don't think there's a way to bump them otherwise.
That's good, maybe not as easy to encourage other people to add to the threads but it's good for when you want to find active threads yourself
Went out and managed to pick up some chicken drumsticks early in the morning with a gift card.
Also scored a free hash brown, yay.
Couldn’t sleep so went out early while it wasnt crowded so chicken’s on the menu tomorrow I think.
Had mostly vivid weird dream as well.
Something involving me telling someone off for blocking and emergency vehicle and not letting them pass then my boss pulled me aside to tell me I shouldn’t have been so angry with them and to calm down.
What does everyone carry while out and about on a normal day?
For me, the standard keys, phone, wallet... and a 20k power bank, charging cables, tissues, mints, and a couple of items for my wife.
cards, phone, keys, water, juice box, compass, whistle, a few coins, twist ties, bulldog clips, power bank, cable, pills, mint, plushie, hand sanitiser, toothbrush, toothpaste, tissues, plastic bag, shopping bag, pens, book, headphones, watch, laminated cat photo
Aww you're so sweet with the cat photo.
You should probably also carry a bacon snack everywhere you go too.
i can take a bite out of myself
My people (turtles) demand I show reverence to our ancestors, so I carry a backpack everywhere at all times:
Wallet, giant water bottle, journal, keys, iPad or kindle, pens, portable USB battery, headphones, vape juice, vape, tissues, sunnies, small tin of ADHD meds and sometimes a spare jacket or coat, random receipts, shopping bag, chewing gum, protein bar.
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Remember, Gibson is also your boss. 🐱
Nicotine, valium, vicodin, marijuana, ecstasy, and alcohol
(seriously: wallet, water bottle, phone, keys, mints, hand sanitizer and headphones)
Haven't seen you in a while, nice to see you on Lemmy. -waves-
Hello! I don't post as much here but rest assured I lurk here daily :)
Phone, wallet, nicotine lozenges, couple of tissues
I'm a wallet, phone, keys guy. No bag, and nothing more than my pockets can carry
Toss in AirPods and yep that’s me too.
Phone, house key, every receipt I've absentmindedly shoved into my bag over the years
Now's the time to clear it out. 😅
Keys, phone, calico bag, mask, meds, lip balm!!!, work pass, purse, powder, loops, emergency sew kit, nail file, chewing gum.
Phone, keys and a go-get'em attitude usually
Phone wallet keys, notebook, pens, water bottle, mask, earbuds, sunnies (I live in hope)
Edit: and a shopping bag that rolls up small
Phone, keys, wallet though I want to carry that less and less these days.
Phone and keys mainly, a Myki card and headphones if I’m using PT. If I’ve got a shoulder bag with me, might have my wallet, gum, tissues, a snack.
Phone, keys, ear buds, reusable bag.
Haven't carried a wallet around in years.
So many power banks. What's the capacity of each?
I'll talk to my wife about doing up a go bag or two together.
Any specific power bank brand you like? I've got a big chunky anker that can power my laptop but I want to grab something smaller as a phone backup day to day.
Nice advice about the go-bag too.
Cool. Ta.
Does anyone have suggestions for vacuum space bags that stay compressed please? The budget ones I bought somehow keep reinflating themselves no matter how carefully I seal them and suck out all the air.
Ps. Is there any difference between the Sard brand laundry soap bar and the pack of generic laundry soaps next to it? Is it just the inclusion of eucalyptus?
Slightly different fats used in its construction. Velvet is just as good and much cheaper imo. Velvet is lard based, Sard uses the lighter fraction hydrocarbons left over after petrol production. As does Pears soap. Generic brands usually use either lard or palm oil - you pays your money and takes your pick.
Does Howard's storage world still exist? I have old vac seal bags from there that are still sealed 10 years later. Cheaper newer ones barely last a week.
Bigw sells the same ones as Howards for $39
I got the current ones from either Big W or Kmart, maybe a few Ikea in there... I'll look at the more expensive ones
If you want something specific for stains, I find the Exit Soap sticks work better than sard. Can’t comment on regular wash usage though, for that I rotate between whatever powder or liquid is on special.